OS top 10s

L.Jenkins

Operating System Top 10s has been released. I would have to say my own is far different:

1. Linux Mint 17+
2. Fedora 22+
3. Debian 6+
4. Windows 7
5. HP-UX (Command Line)
6. FreeBSD
7. Solaris (Command Line as the 2 UIs I've used are Fugly)
8. Ubuntu 14+
9. Redhat
10. openSuse

Anyone else have a top. I had to stick in the last two out of necessity to pad it out.

Johnboy1951

Hehehehehehe ....... I found that list you linked to rather funny!

For me, using a non-business PC and Linux only ..

No Windows
No BSD
No Solaris
No MAC

So 7 of the 10 are gone from any list I might make

L.Jenkins

Not a Unix fan?

h57xiucj2z946q

No OS/400? What a world!

To be honest, the top 10 as http://technochords.com/top-10-operating-system-2015/ seems meaningless.

Top 10 OS' from what perspective? average desktop/laptop user, business workstation, enterprise server?

The first 8 are are what your average user would use. Last 2 are server orientated.

Tom Dunne

I stopped reading at Window 7. FFS, seriously?

In fairness, I think that's more a personal opinion (and I would hypothesise a non-techie, non-native English speaker), not any kind of systematic list based on technical prowess and usage.

If that were the case, the list would be 100% Unix/Linux.

(Do I mention that I am moderately impressed with Windows 10? Noticeable improvement in performance on my Lenovo Yoga since I upgraded during the Summer)

Khannie

Tom Dunne wrote: »

I stopped reading at Window 7. FFS, seriously?

I've never used it, but I haven't heard a bad word said about it in fairness. I consider Microsoft hit "decent OS" status around Windows 2000 time and with the exception of Vista and possibly Windows 8 have been doing just fine ever since.

Note that I haven't used windows as my main OS for about 10 years now. I would be wary of Windows 10 mind you after all the privacy stuff I've seen floating around.

niallb

Check out No 8. Google Chrome OS!
That screenshot used is from a distro called gOS that existed about 8 years ago, and has nothing to do with a modern chromeos.
Even the 2008 screenshot on distrowatch is from a much newer version of it.

It was based on Firefox and used "Google Gears" for widgets.
This allowed it to run some of the other applications you can see icons for in the toolbar like the Gimp and Skype.

A much nicer modern equivalent actually based on Chrome is Chromixium,
but this shows no research went into that original list!

jimgoose

Solaris is beautiful. Or rather, was. AIX is my current favourite.